Category: Reading and Literacy
School Libraries and Librarians – The Beating Heart of the School
The recent report by the Libraries all party parliamentary group came to the conclusion that school libraries and school librarians are a good thing. I tweeted the following: If you want to raise literacy standards in schools, isn’t a school library and a librarian who knows about books an obvious place to start? I’ve been…
Drawing for Literacy
Children love drawing. Give them paper and pencil, suggest something for them to draw – maybe show them how to draw it – and they are away. While they draw, they are improving their hand/eye co-ordination skills, learning about the thing they are drawing and building up a story. When I show a class of…
Choosing names for book characters
I had an email last night from Laura in Shetland who’s says, “I’ve just finished Dragon Gold, which I really enjoyed. One question, why did you change Harri to Harry on p119? Or were you just checking we would read the book?” Oops! I don’t know how that happened! Well, actually, yes I do. A…
